[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams reports on the non-existence of Alpha Centauri Bb.
  
• The Dragon's Tales notes the exciting new findings from Pluto, including news that it supports a subsurface ocean.


• The Everyday Sociology Blog looks at the power of student protests at the University of Missouri.


• Joe. My. God. notes the promise of anti-viral injections in treating HIV.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money reacts to a historical student of slavery in the US urban south.


• Marginal Revolution notes the slow pace at which US immigration records are being digitized.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer notes that before 1960, contrary to the current trend, African-Americans with identifiably African-American names did better than average.


• The Russian Demographics Blog notes the size of Poland-Lithuania in 1635.


• Towleroad notes how a photo of Justin Trudeau with the same-sex family of Scott Brison went viral.


• Transit Toronto looks at the upcoming TTC open house on the 12th.


• Window on Eurasia notes that North Caucasians have reason for protest apart from ethnicity and suggests Russian regionalism is not related to ethnicity.